Music-stool.



W. S. MOLENNAN.

MUSIC STOOL.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 30, 1913.

Application filed December 9, 1912. Serial No. 735,802.

. MOLENNAN, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, and a resident of Glasgow, Scotland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Music-Stools, of which the following is the specification.

This invention relates to music stools of the type in which the seat is hinged and extends over a receptacle for sheet music, this receptacle being in some cases in the form of a tray so pivoted that on raising the seat the tray assumes an inclined position, but in all cases the receptacle presents the sheets of music to the user in a more or less horizontal pile, with the consequence that the lower.

sheets are comparatively inaccessible; and the invention has for its object to provide such stools with an improved and simple form of box for holding music, so carried beneath the seat that on raising the latter the box assumes a vertical position, and the sheets of music are in a vertical pile supported independently one of the other by their lower edges bearing on the closed lower end of the box. When in this posi tion any desired sheet of music may be readily removed from and replaced in the box in any desired order and without its being necessary to lift the other sheets, thus lessening the possibility of the edges of the music being torn when being so handled. The box is also preferably so carried in the stool that it may serve as a support by means of which the seat may be held in an angled position when desired.

The improved construction of music stool comprises essentially a seat hinged as usual to the upper edge of one rail of the stool, and a box open along one edge only and divided into compartments if desired. The box is so pivoted within the stool rail that it is held more or less horizontal by the seat when lowered, or hangs vertically with its open end uppermost when the seat is raised, thus giving ready access to any one sheet of music in its interior, without its being necessary to lift the other sheets. Means may be provided to hold the box in such an angled position that one edge projects above the stool rail just sufficiently far to serve as a support to hold the seat in an inclined position. The box may be pivoted above and to one side of its center of gravity, so that its weight causes it, when the seat is raised, to hang with its upper open end inclined toward the side of the stool farthest fro-m the seat hinge. When the seat is again lowered it acts on the upper edge of the box so as to cause the box to turn on its pivot and lie horizontally more or less within the rail of the stool. Or the movement of the box from one position to the other may be controlled by hand, or automatically by a link connection between the seat and the box.

The means used to hold the box in an angled position to serve as a support holding the seat inclined, consists preferably of a catch so adjustably secured to the box on what is its lower edge when the box is hanging vertically, that it may be made to project therefrom and encounter the under edge of one rail of the stool when the seat is lowered to bear on the upper edge of the box then projecting above the stool rail.

In order that the invention and the manner of performing the same may be properly understood there is hereunto appended. a sheet of explanatory drawings showing an example of the improved construction of music stool.

Figure l is a sectional front elevation showing the box horizontal and the seat lowered, Fig. 2 a sectional side elevation showing the box holding the seat in an angled position, and Fig. 3 a similar view with the box hanging vertically and the seat raised.

As shown in the drawings the stool is of usual construction having a seat A hinged to the upper edge of one of the binding rails B and also connected to the rails by hinged links C, D which hold the seat when raised. According to this example of the invention there is provided a box E open along one edge only and divided into compartments by longitudinally extending partitions F. This box is pivoted at G within the stool rails B, the pivot being preferably above and to one side of the center of gravity of the box. A link H, hinged at one end to the central hinge of the links C, D and hooked at its other end engages a pin J on one side of the box near its open edge. A slotted catch plate K is so held by studs on the box near its closed edge that it is movable endwise thereon to cause its end to project beyond that edge of the box, when desired as hereinbefore described.

When the seat A is in its horizontal position, the box E is held by the link connections G, D, H so that it lies more or less horizontally within the stool rails B as shown 111 Fig. 1. When the seat is raised, the llnk connections cause the box to so turn on its pivot that it hangs vertically with its open end uppermost, as shown in Fig. 3, thus giving ready and separate access to each sheet of music in its interior.

hen it 1s desired that the box E be made 7 to he in an angled positlon and thus serveas a support holding the seat A inclined, the link H is unhooked from the pin J and the catch plate K is moved out so that its end projects beyond the box IE. Then on'lowering the scat A it acts on the upper edge of the box so as to cause the box to turn on its pivots until the catch plate K encounters the under side of the adjacent rail B. Further movement of the box is thus prevented and the box is then lying at such an angle that one edge projects above the stool rail just sufficiently far to serve as a support holding the seat in an inclined position, as shown in Fig. 2.

What I claim is v 1. In a music stool, a supporting frame, a seat hinged at one side thereto, and beneath the seat a music box normally open at one edge only and held in substantially horizontal normal position by said seat, said music box being so pivoted to the frame that on the lifting of the said seat, the music box tends to swing downward by gravity to present its open edge upward.

2. In a music stool having a seat hinged at one side to supporting rails; a box open along one edge only and so pivoted within the stool rails that it hangs vertically with its open end uppermost when the seat is raised, or is made to take a more or less horizontal position on the seat ebing lowered, means to hold the box 1n an angled position to serve as a support holding the seat inclined. 1

3. In a music stool, a supporting frame, a seat hinged at one side thereto, and beneath the seat a music box normally open at one edge only and held in substantially horizonseat, while the weight of theseat during the lowering thereof assists in lifting the music box to its normal horizontal position, sub stantially as described.

4:. In a music stool havinga seat hinged at one side to supporting rails; a box open along one edge only and so pivoted within the stool rails that it hangs vertically with its open end uppermost when the seat is raised, or is made to takea more orless hori zontal position on the seat being lowered, a disconnectible link connection between the seat and the box controlling the movement and a catch plate so held on the boxnear its closed edge that it is movable thereon to cause it to project beyond that edge and encounter the under side of one of the stool rails when the seatis lowered to bear on the box.

6. In a music stool having a seat hinged at one side to supporting rails; a box open along one edge only and so pivoted within the stool rails that it hangs vertically wit-h its open end uppermost when the seat is raised, or is made to take a more or less horizontal position on the seat being lowered,- a disconnectible link connection between the seat and the box controlling the movement'of the box from one position to the other. on V the raising and lowering of the seat,and a catch plate so held on the box near its closed edge that it is movable thereon to cause it to project beyond that edge and encounter the under side ofone of the stool rails when the seat is lowered to bear on the box.

In testimony whereof I have. signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM SEATON MCLENNAN.

Witnesses DAVID FERGUSON, IVILFRED HUNT.

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